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Artist Spotlight: Charles Rice Goff III The Living Archive Of Underground Music This archive post contains both a PDF text file and a PDF screen print of an in-depth interview conducted by Don Campau with experimental sound artist Charles Rice Goff III. The questions were individually asked and answered via emails sent between Campau and Goff throughout the month of December, 2010. The entire interview, including album graphics and commentaries from other sound artists, first appeared online in... Topics: Taped Rugs Productions, The Living Archive Of Underground Music, Charles Rice Goff III, C. Goff...

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Charles Rice Goff Interviews 1999-2010 by Charles Rice Goff III & Various Interviewers Charles Rice Goff III was given several opportunities between 1999 and 2010 to publicly share tales and opinions related to his personal history as an avant garde sound artist. These opportunities were generously provided by a variety of chroniclers of the underground experimental music world, and Goff has been both honored by and appreciative of the interest that each of these journalists has shown in... Topics: Taped Rugs Productions, Charles Rice Goff III, hometaping, home recording, experimental, fluxus,...

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The Parallel Choirs Of Hugh Everett III by Charles Rice Goff III 1 Allowance For Attuning 2 Ritual Of The Antichron 3 Cultivating Equanimity 4 A Date With Doctor Doppler The Parallel Choirs Of Hugh Everett III is Volume Forty-Four of the Taped Rugs Uncooked series of productions. All sounds on this post were recorded by Charles Rice Goff III alone and alive in the Taped Rugs studio in Kansas City, Kansas. Each piece is an unrehearsed improvisation. They are presented here without the addition... Topics: Taped Rugs Productions, Charles Rice Goff III, C. Goff III, Cassette, Cassette Culture,...

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Taped Rugs Carpeteria by Chris Camacho In the spring of 2010, Videographer Chris Camacho of New Tet and Red Flag Enterprises began creating video interpretations of audio recordings culled from the vast catalog of Taped Rugs Productions. From the outset, the Director of Taped Rugs, Charles Goff III, found that Camacho's imagination, timing, and attention to detail were the sorts of attributes typical of Taped Rugs artists, and he encouraged Camacho's efforts. Camacho's imagery is, in many ways,... Topics: Taped Rugs Productions, New Tet, Red Flag Enterprise, Chris Camacho, Disism, Herd Of The Ether...

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Since All Faces Are Not Alike by Charles Rice Goff III Since All Faces Are Not Alike is an avant garde exploitation of 21st Century electronic verbiage. This recording is heavily laced with non-human voices, which are spoken and manipulated by humans, most particularly by Charles Rice Goff III. Less particularly, these speeches are conjured and rearranged by the vast quantities of electronic engineers, scientists, and capitalist investors who have provided 21st Century sound artists (like Goff)... Topics: Taped Rugs Productions, Charles Rice Goff III, C. Goff III, Experimental, Avant Garde,...

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Whirledly by Charles Rice Goff III In 2002, Charles Rice Goff III spent several months composing the fourteen pieces that make up the album entitled: "Whirledly." He started by notating music into a midi program, then carefully layered in guitars, winds, vocals, and other bits that he performed in the Taped Rugs Studio. He also painstakingly placed loads of sampled recordings into his compositions. At the time he finished this ambitious project, he was convinced that it was his... Topics: Charles Rice Goff III, Taped Rugs Productions, midi, collage, 21st Century, dada, dadaism,...

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Machinations by Taped Rugs Productions "Machinations" is a collaborative stew cooked up by Charles Rice Goff III, several members of the Taped Rugs family, and the Tapegerm Collective (circa 2002). Edits of recordings from a wide variety of sources were altered and glued together by Goff, Buzzsaw, Mike Adams, and Joshua Duringer to create a bundle of sonic sculptures full of provocative ideas and bizarre sounds. Several of the pieces in this collection are built on loops provided by... Topics: Charles Rice Goff III, Taped Rugs Productions, Killr "Mark" Kaswan, Joshua Duringer, Mike...

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Riemannian Manifold by Charles Rice Goff III "Riemannian Manifold" is Volume Twenty-Eight of the Taped Rugs "Uncooked" series of productions. All sounds on this CD were recorded by Charles Rice Goff III alone and alive in the Taped Rugs studio in Kansas City, Kansas. They are presented here in their original forms without the addition of effects nor overdubbed materials. Goff recorded the 50-minute improvisation presented on "Riemannian Manifold" on March 28th,... Topics: Taped Rugs Productions, Charles Rice Goff III, C. Goff III, Experimental, Electronic Music, Noise,...

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Haruspex by Charles Rice Goff III "Haruspex" is Volume Twenty-Seven of the Taped Rugs "Uncooked" series of productions. All sounds on this CD were recorded by Charles Rice Goff III alone and alive in the Taped Rugs studio in Kansas City, Kansas. They are presented here in their original forms without the addition of effects nor overdubbed materials. Goff recorded the 56-minute improvisation presented on "Haruspex" on March 5th, 2011. The sonic atmospheres build,... Topics: Taped Rugs Productions, Charles Rice Goff III, C. Goff III, Experimental, Electronic Music, Noise,...

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Diagram Of Square by Charles Rice Goff III "Diagram Of Square" is Volume Twenty-Six of the Taped Rugs "Uncooked" series of productions. All sounds on this CD were recorded by Charles Rice Goff III alone and alive in the Taped Rugs studio in Kansas City, Kansas. They are presented here in their original forms without the addition of effects nor overdubbed materials. Goff recorded the 44-minute improvisation presented on "Diagram Of Square" on the Eve of...favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews ) Topics: Taped Rugs Productions, Charles Rice Goff III, C. Goff III, Experimental, Noise, Avant Garde,...

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Tape Loop Improvisations: Volume Eight, March 13th, 1988 by Herd Of The Ether Space Throughout the 1980's, members of the Taped Rugs Productions family gathered in various groupings many times to create and record improvised avant garde music on a Frippertronics-style tape loop system. The recordings were saved; sometimes copies were made for the participants or for individual listeners, but no copies were made available to the general public until early 1989. That's when Charles Rice Goff III,... Topics: Taped Rugs Productions, Charles Rice Goff III, Robert Silverman, Herd Of The Ether Space, tape...

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Escape From Akimbo by Charles Rice Goff III "Escape From Akimbo" is Volume Thirty-Seven of the Taped Rugs "Uncooked" series of productions. All sounds in this presentation were recorded by Charles Rice Goff III alone and alive in the Taped Rugs studio in Kansas City, Kansas, on March 28th, 2010. The entire presentation is a single, unrehearsed improvisation. It is presented here in its original form without the addition of effects nor overdubbed materials. Goff... Topics: Taped Rugs Productions, Charles Rice Goff III, C. Goff III, Experimental, Electronic Music, Noise,...

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Tape Loop Improvisations: Volume Nine, July 24th, 1988 by Herd Of The Ether Space Throughout the 1980's, members of the Taped Rugs Productions family gathered in various groupings many times to create and record improvised avant garde music on a Frippertronics-style tape loop system. The recordings were saved; sometimes copies were made for the participants or for individual listeners, but no copies were made available to the general public until early 1989. That's when Charles Rice Goff III,... Topics: Taped Rugs Productions, Charles Rice Goff III, Robert Silverman, Herd Of The Ether Space, tape...

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The Great Woodbine by Charles Rice Goff III "The Great Woodbine" is Volume Thirty-Two of the Taped Rugs "Uncooked" series of productions. All sounds on this CD were recorded by Charles Rice Goff III alone and alive in the Taped Rugs studio in Kansas City, Kansas, on February 26th, 2012. Each piece is an unrehearsed improvisation. They are presented here in their original forms without the addition of effects nor overdubbed materials. 1 Pine Needles Underfoot 2 Leap Year Of... Topics: Taped Rugs Productions, Charles Rice Goff III, C. Goff III, Experimental, Electronic Music, Noise,...

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Hal McGee's 50th Birthday Extravaganza Video By Charles Rice Goff III To celebrate sound artist Hal McGee's 50th birthday, friends and associates from various places all around the USA came to revel and perform together in Florida between January 17th and January 22nd, 2008. Charles Rice Goff III photographed and filmed much of this revelry and incorporated some of the documented highlights into the video archived here. The following individuals/acts/dogs/etc. appear in the video, listed in...favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews ) Topics: Hal McGee, HalTapes, Taped Rugs Productions, Charles Rice Goff III, Aaron Zarzutzki, Al Margolis,...

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Puddle Town by Charles Rice Goff III, Eric Matchett, & Jonathan Sielaff "Puddle Town" features six recordings made in May, 2003, when Turkey Makes Me Sleepy members Charles Rice Goff III and Eric Matchett reunited for the first time in over three years at Matchett's home in Portland, Oregon. Over the course of multiple sessions, the two collaborators improvised sounds, rhythms, and melodies through a number of instruments and non instruments, then sat together at Matchett's... Topics: Taped Rugs Productions, Charles Rice Goff III, Eric Matchett, Jonathan Sielaff, Turkey Makes Me...

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Lights by Charles Rice Goff III Charles Goff III has written and published a number of short stories over the years. He wrote the somewhat Dadaist Christmas story: “Lights” in 1986. When a producer from the UC Berkeley radio station, KALX, asked Goff to read the story on the air on Christmas Eve of 1986, Goff produced this lo-fi narrative, featuring improvised musical accompaniment from Disism co-founder, Killr "Mark" Kaswan. Taped Rugs Productions published the written story in... Topics: Taped Rugs Productions, Charles Rice Goff III, Killr "Mark" Kaswan, Christmas, narrative,...

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Tape Loop Improvisations: Volume Thirteen, October 31st, 1988 by Herd Of The Ether Space Throughout the 1980's, members of the Taped Rugs Productions family gathered in various groupings many times to create and record improvised avant garde music on a Frippertronics-style tape loop system. The recordings were saved; sometimes copies were made for the participants or for individual listeners, but no copies were made available to the general public until early 1989. That's when Charles Rice Goff...favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews ) Topics: Taped Rugs Productions, Charles Rice Goff III, Killr “Mark” Kaswan, Robert Silverman, Herd Of...

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Tape Loop Improvisations: Volume Sixteen, February 19th, 1989 by Herd Of The Ether Space Throughout the 1980's, members of the Taped Rugs Productions family gathered in various groupings many times to create and record improvised avant garde music on a Frippertronics-style tape loop system. The recordings were saved; sometimes copies were made for the participants or for individual listeners, but no copies were made available to the general public until early 1989. That's when Charles Rice Goff... Topics: Taped Rugs Productions, Charles Rice Goff III, George Gibson, Killr “Mark” Kaswan, Robert...

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Tape Loop Improvisations: Volume Two, July 4th, 1985 by Herd Of The Ether Space Throughout the 1980's, members of the Taped Rugs Productions family gathered in various groupings many times to create and record improvised avant garde music on a Frippertronics-style tape loop system. The recordings were saved; sometimes copies were made for the participants or for individual listeners, but no copies were made available to the general public until early 1989. That's when Charles Rice Goff III,... Topics: Taped Rugs Productions, Charles Rice Goff III, Killr "Mark" Kaswan, Robert Silverman,...

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Tape Loop Improvisations: Volume Nineteen, March 26th, 1989 by Herd Of The Ether Space Throughout the 1980's, members of the Taped Rugs Productions family gathered in various groupings many times to create and record improvised avant garde music on a Frippertronics-style tape loop system. The recordings were saved; sometimes copies were made for the participants or for individual listeners, but no copies were made available to the general public until early 1989. That's when Charles Rice Goff... Topics: Taped Rugs Productions, Charles Rice Goff III, Robert Silverman, Herd Of The Ether Space, tape...

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Tape Loop Improvisations: Volume Fifteen, February 5th, 1989 by Herd Of The Ether Space Throughout the 1980's, members of the Taped Rugs Productions family gathered in various groupings many times to create and record improvised avant garde music on a Frippertronics-style tape loop system. The recordings were saved; sometimes copies were made for the participants or for individual listeners, but no copies were made available to the general public until early 1989. That's when Charles Rice Goff... Topics: Taped Rugs Productions, Charles Rice Goff III, Killr “Mark” Kaswan, Robert Silverman, Herd Of...

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Droned And Confused by Charles Rice Goff III "Droned And Confused" is Volume Fifty-One of the Taped Rugs "Uncooked" series of productions. All sounds on this album were recorded by Charles Rice Goff III alone and alive in the Taped Rugs studio in Kansas City, Kansas, on January 17, 2018. This recording is an unrehearsed improvisation. It is presented here without the addition of effects nor overdubbed materials. Some short portions of the original recording were... Topics: Taped Rugs Productions, Charles Rice Goff III, C. Goff III, Cassette Culture, Experimental, Improv,...

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Tape Loop Improvisations: Volume One, July 4th, 1984 by Herd Of The Ether Space Throughout the 1980's, members of the Taped Rugs Productions family gathered in various groupings many times to create and record improvised avant garde music on a Frippertronics-style tape loop system. The recordings were saved; sometimes copies were made for the participants or for individual listeners, but no copies were made available to the general public until early 1989. That's when Charles Rice Goff III,... Topics: Taped Rugs Productions, Charles Rice Goff III, Killr "Mark" Kaswan, Robert Silverman,...

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Tape Loop Improvisations: Volume Twenty One, July 4th, 1989 by Herd Of The Ether Space Throughout the 1980's, members of the Taped Rugs Productions family gathered in various groupings many times to create and record improvised avant garde music on a Frippertronics-style tape loop system. The recordings were saved; sometimes copies were made for the participants or for individual listeners, but no copies were made available to the general public until early 1989. That's when Charles Rice Goff... Topics: Taped Rugs Productions, Charles Rice Goff III, Jeff Easter, Will Flanagan, Will Marston, Matt...

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Recording Begets Anastasis by Charles Rice Goff III "Anastasis" is the title of this recording, based on the idea that any recording consists of sounds that have risen from the dead, metaphorically speaking, of course. This presentation is Volume Fifty-Two of the Taped Rugs "Uncooked" series of productions. All sounds on this album were recorded by Charles Rice Goff III alone and alive in the Taped Rugs studio in Kansas City, Kansas, on January 13, 2018. This... Topics: Taped Rugs Productions, Charles Rice Goff III, C. Goff III, Cassette Culture, Experimental, Improv,...

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Lacquered Intonations by Charles Rice Goff III 1 Liquid Assets 2 Fingering Canned Krab 3 Chains Batons Pipes And Hammers 4 Fun To Be Thirsty 5 The Machine Economy 6 The Goff Family Circus 7 Fear For $20.15 8 Views From The Outside The eight videos presented here were produced by Charles Rice Goff III between 2013 and 2016. They were compiled together for this DVDR and released by Taped Rugs Productions in March of 2016. Some Specifics: "Liquid Assets" is an illustration of a musical... Topics: Taped Rugs Productions, Charles Rice Goff III, C. Goff III, Michael LaGrega, Basement Of Extra...

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Plastic Types by Charles Rice Goff III "Plastic Types" is Volume Twenty-Four of the Taped Rugs "Uncooked" series of productions. All of the compositions presented here were recorded by Charles Rice Goff III alone and alive in the Taped Rugs studio in Kansas City, Kansas, on April 12th and April 14th, 2010. Each piece is an unrehearsed improvisation. The recordings are all presented in their original forms without the addition of effects nor overdubbed materials and appear in... Topics: Taped Rugs Productions, Charles Rice Goff III, C. Goff III, Experimental, Noise, Avant Garde,...

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Files For Smoother Louver Lovers by Charles Rice Goff III "Files For Smoother Louver Lovers" is Volume Thirty-Eight of the Taped Rugs "Uncooked" series of productions. All sounds in this presentation were recorded by Charles Rice Goff III alone and alive in the Taped Rugs studio in Kansas City, Kansas, on July 22nd, 2013. Each of these four recordings is an edit from a single unrehearsed improvisation. They are presented here without the addition of sound effects nor... Topics: Taped Rugs Productions, Charles Rice Goff III, C. Goff III, Mikadams, Mike Adams, Experimental,...

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Piping In The Yule Tide by Charles Rice Goff III Charles Goff III has written and published a number of short stories over the years. For Christmas, 1991, he wrote "Piping In The Yule Tide" and created a four track audio production to narrate the story. All alone, Goff performed, recorded, and produced the narrative reading and accompanying music. He employed a wide variety of instruments, sound effects, and recording techniques. Taped Rugs Productions distributed packaged sets... Topics: Taped Rugs Productions, Charles Rice Goff III, Christmas, narrative, holiday, Xmas, Christmas...

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Lead A Balanced Life by Charles Rice Goff III Lead A Balanced Life is Volume Nineteen of the Taped Rugs "Uncooked" series of productions and is the sixteenth audio presentation in the series. All sounds on this CD release were recorded by Charles Rice Goff III alone and alive in the Taped Rugs studio in Kansas City, Kansas, USA. They are presented here in their original forms without the addition of effects nor overdubbed materials. Goff recorded the two long improvisations of Lead A... Topics: Taped Rugs Productions, C. Goff III, concrete, collage, avant garde, experimental, Charles Rice...

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Minimal Collection by Gerbil Bliss 1 One 2 Two 3 Three 4 Four 5 Five 6 Six 7 Seven 8 Eight Gerbil Bliss = Eric Matchett MINIMAL COLLECTION is a one-of-a-kind cassette recording which was delivered with a "Happy Birthday" message to Charles Rice Goff III of Taped Rugs Productions, likely in the autumn of 1999. No song titles nor other information about the recordings were provided to Goff at the time that the tape was delivered. Upon rediscovery of the cassette in 2011, Goff inquired... Topics: Gerbil Bliss, Eric Matchett, Taped Rugs Productions, Activity Universal Associates, Turkey Makes Me...

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Zygoma Diploma by Charles Rice Goff III "Zygoma Diploma" is Volume Twenty-Nine of the Taped Rugs "Uncooked" series of productions. All sounds on this CD were recorded by Charles Rice Goff III alone and alive in the Taped Rugs studio in Kansas City, Kansas. They are presented here in their original forms without the addition of effects nor overdubbed materials. Goff recorded the 70-minute improvisation presented on "Zygoma Diploma" on April 7th, 2011. For the... Topics: Taped Rugs Productions, Charles Rice Goff III, C. Goff III, Experimental, Electronic Music, Noise,...